Minister of State of Palau in talks with ZMT researchers
11.06.2019| Four scientists of ZMT recently had the opportunity to meet the Minister of State of Palau, Faustina Rehuher-Marugg, in the Hamburg’s Honorary Consulate of the Pacific Island State. During her visit of Europe, the Minister made time for...
Making waves to protect the oceans: DEEPWAVE Film Festival in Hamburg
27.05.2019 | Dr. Sebastian Ferse, coral reef ecologist at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), recently took part in a panel discussion at the DEEPWAVE Film Festival in Hamburg, which attracted more than 200 visitors. Focussing on the...
OPEN CAMPUS 2019
24.05.2019 | On June 15, 2019, the University of Bremen and its partner institutes will be inviting all interested to an OPEN CAMPUS starting at 2 p.m.! Under the motto "OPEN WORLDS - SHARE KNOWLEDGE", the research institutions will present...
Master students of the ZMT successfully cooperate with foundations
24.05.2019 | ZMT students Hannah von Hammerstein and Theresa-Marie Fett from the international M.Sc. study programme ISATEC (International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecology) by ZMT and the University of Bremen have successfully raised funds for...
Conference "Postcolonial Oceans: Contradictions and Heterogeneities in the Epistemes of Saltwater"
21.05.2019 | Oceans are not only the subject of natural sciences. The humanities and social sciences also deal with this topic - especially in relation to colonial history, imperial wars, expropriation and colonisation of land, enslavement of human...
The ZMT at the BMBF Forum for sustainable development in Berlin
15.05.2019 | "Preserving biodiversity - research for our future" was the motto of the 15th BMBF Forum for sustainable development, which took place in Berlin on 13 and 14 May 2019. An accompanying exhibition presented, among other things, projects...
CAMPUS AWARD for three excellent works
10.05.2019 | One young researcher and two master’s graduates have received this year’s “CAMPUS PREIS: Forschen für nachhaltige Zukunft.” The jury honored Dr. Anna Schwachula for her dissertation. Daniel Ortiz and Philipp Kenkel each received prizes for...
Biodiversity report: ZMT’s Martin Zimmer attends IPBES Plenary in Paris
07.05.2019 | The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) yesterday published its detailed review of the state of nature. ZMT mangrove ecologist Prof. Dr. Martin Zimmer attended the 7th session of the...
Welcome, ZMT Alumni Fellows 2019!
24.04.2019 | This year, ZMT launched a new initiative, the ZMT Alumni Fellowship. The ZMT Alumni Fellowship offers up to five alumni the opportunity for four-week research stay at ZMT (including travel costs and a scholarship). The aim of the...
Seagrass Monitoring: 'Citizen Science' in Hainan (China)
17.04.2019| In collaboration with local partners the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) recently started one of the first seagrass monitoring events to be undertaken by 26 citizens on the Chinese island of Hainan. Seagrass meadows...
Joint appointment with ZMT: Nils Moosdorf is a new professor at the Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)
24.04.2019 | During the current summer semester, the geoscientist Dr. Nils Moosdorf will take up the professorship for Coastal Hydrogeology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Kiel University. At the same time, he will continnue...